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Rochester, MINI,
The young people of Grace church,
Rev. Mr.. mclaughlin, pastor, are soon to
form Young Peoples Missionary Asso-
citation. This will give us another active
church enrolled in the membership.
Akron, o.
This Association gave one of their most
enjoyable entertainments last Wednesday
evening. The program, already published
in The UNIvERsALIsT, was followed and
although excellent, it only limited at the
way in which the exercises were carried
out. The leading features were an inter-
esting and instructive address on Emer-
SOD, by e. J. Felt, Buchtel graduate of
'S7, and readings from Emerson by va
rious members, of whom Miss Mabel
johnson, of Mt. Carmel, and who is a
student at Buchtel College, deserves
special mention, both for the choice &C.
lection and the manner in which it was
read. A large number were present and
the exercises we're participated in by
nearly all present. The next monthly
meeting will discuss "Mark Twain"
Troy, N. Y.
There is held on the first Sunday even
ing of November each year, the anniver-
sary Of the Sunday school, consisting of
reading reports, addresses by pastor and
other speakers, since the organization of
the Y. P. M. A. There is read report
by its chairman with paper on mission
airy work. At the anniversary just held,
the paper read by its chairman, A. Fair.
weather, called for more earnest work in
the missionary cause. The paper be-
gan by saying:
The time has come when we should
give this work more than a passing
thought, and the first thought suggested
is home or personal missionary work.
Missionary work is not to be measured
by dollars and cent?. The religion that
does not have in it the spirit of helping
others has no right to be called religion.
Christ teaches us missionary lesson. He
without money or place to lay his head
never tired of doing good to others, and
this is part Of our work, how we can
help others who are in need. believe in
personal missionary work at home in
bringing others into our church and Sun.
dsy-school, and all can do this kind of
work, for if we are to enter into the full
enjoyment of our religion we must put
into it the real spirit of energy, the soul
power of moving forward ourselves. This
is what we term Home ard Missionary
work.
AS to our Home Mission field; if we
are properly alive to the work, our relig-
ion will inspire us to go outside our own
parish and offer it to others. We must
come to the work in the field ourselves.
We shall not be true living Christian mis-
sionaries, unless we truly enter into the
comes, through the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, as both of them must go together
forming our inner and outer life. 10y
atty to Christ cannot fail to bring its re-
ward. Missionary work can be done il
we and our sister churches and Sunday
schools will awake to the duty that lies
in our path. The same truth is illustrated
by the seven colors of the rainbow, all
together forming one pure white light.
So in working together for Christ, the
true spirit of our religion will shine forth
and we shall have courage to be mission
aries of God to every one needing broth
erly sympathy and help.
AS to Foreign Missions, he referred to
the report of Rev. a. W. Rugg, read at
the General Convention in New York and
published in The UNIvERsALIsT. He
said that this Association should be doing
something to help this movement for
ward. From shares in a mill or railroad
all can have part, 80 by giving we have
l.
work in the church, in reform and in
the progress of Christ's kingdom.
Let us here tonight at the beginning of
another year, enlist ourselves anew in
the work. Let there be no dark spots on
our effort the coming year. The work of
carry ing the glad tidings of the Gospel
and bringing others to the Gospel feast is
knocking at our doors, and shall we shut
our ears to the call? To say that we
have home mission work here in our
church, in our city, in our neighborlng
cities, and foreign lands, is no reason we
should not work in all of these fields.
God is giving our church opportunities
to-day and we should improve them.
Let us then fight the good fight and work
for our faith, and God our heavenly
Father will surely crown our efforts with
success.
1.-THE PRAYER OP PRAYERS"
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